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Meet Svetlana
Arik Diamant
Published: 08.03.06, 13:59
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31. Very sad. Shes really stuck. No options. But...
(03.08.06)
.....youve got to fix the cause. Whats the REAL cause? Ill tell you: It stupid lazy guys who dont have an ounce of passion in their whole bodies, who have no idea how to satisfy a woman, and who dont have the balls to start a relationship with a woman. Thats the cause. Fix the cause, fix the problem. How to fix the cause? Stop making men thinks its bad to show affection for a woman instead of just f*cking her. Show them that porno sex is really monotonouse and pretty boring. show them that having a partner is good! youre much happier, and if you keep an open mind you might just learn something: how to compromise. (maybe we can teach the arabs this lesson too)
32. Disgusting comments !
Ezra ,   Canada   (03.08.06)
They are so many disgusting comments, but the only thing I can say to the guys who spit on these poor women is : I hope you will never have a daughter making some mistake in her life which will turn her to the hands of these traffickers. Should jewish values prevail in eretz yisrael, the police would stop this human traffic which is only allowed by the secularisation of what was supposed to be a jewish state.
33. #30, you're right. Also, should publish photos of Johns
Terry   (03.08.06)
34. AMEN !
ED THOMPSON ,   SOLDOTNA ALASKA, USA   (03.08.06)
SIN IS SO EASILY JUSTIFIED AS A VICTIMLESS CRIME. JUST THINK IF WE APPLIED THE LIGHT SHED ON THIS TOPIC TO ALL OF OUR OTHER "JUSTIFIABLE INDESCRETIONS" . Rom 14:22 Hast thou faith? have [it] to thyself before God. Happy [is] he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
35. Before I was born again...
Yaacov Sullivan ,   NY   (03.09.06)
I used to visit prostitues every week, after I got my pay check, but today after I became Anglican I try to help prostitutes, feed and cloth them. I don't go to prostitues anymore. I fight all evil, including Israel and cabal Jews.
36. Amen, Limor (16)!
Tahl ,   Israel   (03.09.06)
37. You Know its Hard Out There For A *Prostitute*
Concerned   (03.09.06)
You might think Prostitution is a victimless crime, but it actually creates and encourages other vices...aware of the "broken windows" theory: "Consider a building with a few broken windows. If the windows are not repaired, the tendency is for vandals to break a few more windows. Eventually, they may even break into the building, and if it's unoccupied, perhaps become squatters or light fires inside. " - start arresting the Johns and the pimps. Once these women get into this lifestyle, it is very difficult for them to go out....why not create a program that helps them get skills and work elsewhere?
38. Svetlana is a Capitalist
Luke ,   Los Angeles, USA   (03.09.06)
There is nothing wrong with Svetlana does. She is earning money by satisfying mens needs. Who says she was ever abused by her father or uncle, maybe she wasn't. Maybe she just lived a good life and wanted to make money where she saw an opportunity. If you're a woman and think prostitution is sick and disgusting, then by all means provide it for free so you can put the prostitues out of business. And if you don't want to, shutup. If you're a man and think prostitution is disgusting and wrong, please bear with the men who are hornier than you. This is not slavery at all. By making prostitution illegal, you're making society the slave.
39. Partial solution: control Israel-Egypt border.
Alexander ,   Ramat Gan, Israel   (03.09.06)
The reason prostitutes are so easily smuggled into the country by the Beduin middlemen is because the Egyptian border is barely controlled. Were it to be guarded EFFECTIVELY, it could reduce both the organized crime within Israel and chances of terrorist infiltration. Once smuggling these women into the country becomes more difficult, the prices in the prostitution sector will go up, the number of "workers" will go down. Combine it with more aggressive police attitude towards the pimps and a better protection (and reward) for the prostitutes willing to testify against their illegal employers- and we will have a real chance to reduce the scope of the problem tenfold.
40. #6 I'm disappointed
Ilan ,   Ariel   (03.09.06)
This is modern slavery and has to be stopped. Compassion towards the victim is only the first step, but one that we are obliged to take.
41. roxanne
peter ,   amsterdam, NL   (03.09.06)
...put out the red light! The Walls area(aka the red light district) in my town is a depression inducing experience. Why people 'tour' it is beyond me. Prostitution is business and as a side product it lowers the morals of the society that condones it's excesses. Realistically there will always be a 'market' for these services. But the money draws criminals in. Legalization has had an impact in the health area, opening it up for control more. A range of measures like policing, social work and health screening has to be applied to just keep it in check. In a society where men and women are basically alienated from eachother sex becomes a crude communications tool. It;s all over the media, but has nothing to do with any intrinsic worth, it's just business creating only losers.
42. to # 32 Ezra
Senna ,   Tel Aviv   (03.09.06)
HAHAHA you realy make me love with your last sentence....the biggest group of customers of Tel Aviv prostitues are the religious....they book the brothel for a few hours and they come with a group of 20....now Ynet I dare you to publish my talkback, many times you didn't because of what? You are afraid of the religous? Freedom of speech and the TRUTH!!!
43. #6 Let's shove something up you 20 times a day...
Sharon ,   Haifa, Israel   (03.10.06)
...with no other choice but death and see if you can manage sober. You and your holier-than-thou useless tax-money grubbing Yesha buddies are also addicts to your own drug. Except you wrote your own rules.
44. great article
RobertK ,   Jerusalem   (03.10.06)
Mr. Diamant has done a great service with this powerful article, trying to reach men who further exploit, for a few moments' thrill, these victims of slavery and horrendous cruelty. Our police are overburdened but fighting this horrible human rights abuse occurring on our soil has to be a priority.
45. #40 Ilan
Yishai Kohen ,   YeShA, Israel   (03.10.06)
I have PLENTY of compassion for victims- who take responsibility for their own actions. If she wants help, she should get it. But SHE has to take that first step and recognize that she has to change. As it is, she's a victim of her own actions before anything else.
46. Svetlana
leah amdur ,   Jerusalem Israel   (03.10.06)
Its playing Russian roulette. What about AIDS. The condom does not prevent aids
47. to Leah Amdur
moi ,   TA   (03.10.06)
Which planet do you live on? Oh I forgot in Meir Sharim....a condom can prevent aids....I suggest you buy some for your hubbie....read talkback # 42
48. The worlds oldest "profession"
Daniel ,   Israel   (03.10.06)
The sad reality is that prostitution has been around as long as humans have been around and it is naive to believe that Jews are different from other people. Jews in the diaspora including many ultra-ortodox men in New York regularly visit prostitutes. Israel has still much lower crime rates than other Western nations and we should all make a real effort to minimize trafficking and other forms of crime in Israel but is unfortunately impossible to completely get rid of it.
49. #6 is a blind moralist
Adam ,   Sydney   (03.11.06)
Being kidnapped and physically coerced does not constitute a voluntary decision under any conception. What has been done and is being done to her is a crime taking place under the area of responsibility of the government of Israel. Someone must indeed step in and help the helpless by enforcing their own laws, and it is the government of Israel. Blaming the victim for the abuses visited upon her is the most backward, arcance and anti-religious position that can be staked. End of story.
50. Pathological society is to blame
Ilan ,   Ariel   (03.11.06)
First, many people are raised in situation that prevent them from "taking responsbility" and in those situation it falls on society and individuals or moral character to intervene. That Svetlana was raised in a "wicked" place is beyond your or my control. That Israel of today is also a "wicked place" where slavery of this sort is tolerated is another thing entirely. We need to press our law enforcement system to offer reasonable terms that encorage prostitutes to convict those who profit from the sex trade. Something better than summary deportation.
51. Feminism is the answer
Yaacov Sullivan ,   NY   (03.11.06)
As a Gay feminist I must say, in Israel the feminist movement sucks! Israeli men need to understand that woman is not nessesery a sex object. This called civility.
52. Svetlana
leah amdur ,   Jerusalem Israel   (03.12.06)
A woman who uses a condom has a 30% chance of getting pregnant. Sperm cells are larger than AIDS cells. A condom can tear, or spill, or fall off. Wake up a condom is not fool proof. You are all playing Russian Roulette. I am a nurse and I am from South Africa where more than 50% of the blacks have AIDS. Rush for AIDS tests
53. Islamic women are better ;-) Let's get some BMO's
Benyamin ,   Tel Aviv   (03.12.06)
After reading this I just have to say the Svetlana's need a break, that if we're going to have entertainment, let's enjoy it fully, the full works, the BMO's, how's about trawling The Gulf States? Islamic women would fulfill my needs very well;-)
54. number 43, sharon
Yigal ,   USA   (03.12.06)
let these girls stay in eretz yisrael we should be better, find jobs, maids, cooks, anything.
55. Benyamin I tried and enjoyed, hihihihi
Yigal ,   USA   (03.13.06)
Meet them outside their countries, and good luck, burka babes r hot,
56. to Yigal #34
Hilda ,   USA   (03.13.06)
You're a fine one. Let her stay you say but you don't. They will only be a burden on the Jewish State. Israel does not need more Welfare cases.If she knew any other job she wouldn't be working on her back. She is a druggie so all she can contribute is perhaps another case of AIDS, some illegitimate children . Give her a ticket back home as well as her pimp after he has served his time in prison. It would be cheaper for all concerned.
57. SOLD INTO SLAVERY-REGARDING G-D'S LAWS WITH CONTEMPT
Linda Rivera ,   New York   (03.13.06)
There is a major difference between women who choose prostitution and those who are kept as slaves with guards barring their escape! I am sad at the lack of compassion shown by many for the slaves. G-D cares! Proverbs 9:12 "He does not forget the cry of the afflicted." Long ago, Jews were kept as slaves in Egypt. Exodus 21:16 "He who kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his possession, shall surely be put to death." Whenever, and every time Israel is able to, freeing the slaves will be one of the greatest things Israel will ever do.
58. Binyamin&Yigal- How do you meet them
Peter ,   USA   (03.13.06)
I havn't had much luck, how do you meet them? I mean where? How? Wanna try too:)
59. Israelie Men Seeking Whores
Ruvain ,   USA   (03.15.06)
Is it no wonder the punishment that comes to Israel, is due to the SIN...of it's people. Men submitting themselves to Baal". Women, who abort their babies. Ha Shem is not happy! As Yisrael will soon be destined to babelyon., again. The people as in the time of Moshe Rabbainu, are rebellous.
60. your right John
Trip ,   Blacksburg, USA   (03.16.06)
Are you a woman in Post Soviet Ukraine? Hopeless, tricked or kidnapped by starving relatives? Is the country you were sexually abused in one of, if not the, most corrupt nations in the world. My fault I supose, you didnt right that in there. Also, die. thanks.
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